GENERAL SUMMARY. LONDON, JULY 26.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2237, 21 September 1864, Page 3

GENERAL SUM MARY. LONDON, JULY 26.

The Australian May mails -\veio delivered m London on the 12 lh and ISth of July. The Queen continues in good hc.illli On the breaking up of the London Conference, the Go\ eminent made a Ministcn.il statement, dcclaimg Unit although England s sjmpalhie* are with Denmark she is, not bound alone to afloid her aid, ltii^&u and Pianee baungwilluliawn A notice of motion lias been gi\cn m the House oi Commons to the effect that m the c\cutot' the New Zealand >\.ir not being brought to u close shortly, the lmpeual ti oops shall be v, i l hdi awn tiom tlie colony The New Zealaud Guarantee Loan 13 ill, alter a long debate, was read a second time Lord Palmerslon has slated Ihal the Prussian Ambassador totally repudiate^ tho alleged holy alliance On the 4th ."July, Mr Disraeli ino\ed a Aolc of ceiiMirc on the Government for then Dano-Cfei mau policy. The debate -which followed occupied four d.n s. Tlie geuoial opinion e\pi cased was, that England should not again plunge into war m inspect to our foreign iel.it icms The motion was lo>l I>j eighteen, but <\ counter -^ote "was earned m the House of Lords by a majonty oi nine A dreadful iad\\ay accident occurred near Montical. A ti.un, consisting of eleven caiiiage:>, containing 33iGeiman enngi ants, w cut o\ci Beloid Budge. Tlnitj -four bodies lia\e been lccoveied Mi Lancaster, of the jacht Decihound, has leccueda lettci fiom !Mi Mason, thanking him foi his noble conduct in laung the captain and cicw of tlie 'Alabama' Mi Lancastci demos that the 'Dcei hound' acted as tendei to the 'Alabama/ and dec-Lues that he saved the cicw fiom motives of humanity. Sir liobeit Pcny Douglas lias been appointed Govemoi of the Cape or Good Hope A laigc deputation of Ausliah.ui gentlemen waited upon Loid Stanley on the subject of the increased lales of postage to tlie colonies, and it is anticipated that the fountn chaigcs will be le-est.iblislicd after communication lias taken place with the colonies about the desirability of a bi-monthly mail. The "Wimbledon meeting -was very successful , the match between tlic Lords and Commons ■was won by the foimei Tlie Public Schools, match was wonbj llanow The Elcho challenge was woiiby)Scollaiid, and the Queen's pn/e by pnvate llo)att, of the London Pulle Bugade. E.ui Derby is still sullernig from illness The Duke of Newcastle's health is much impioscd. Jt is expected that the piocecdmgs. in Di Colenso's case will be quashed, owing to the lurisdiction of the Bishop of Caj>o Town being denied , should this happen, Dr Coleiiso "\mll bung an action against Bishop G-ray A dcstructne fire has taken place in London lho Chapel lio^al, S.woy, and .1 number ot houses in the rear of the Strand ha-\ c been destroyed A mutiny had occurred at the Portland comict establishment The pmoiicra attacked the guards, firearms v>eic resorted to, and the mutineers ■were quelled He\cial robbencs on a laigo scale have been perpetrated m London. A frightful minder has been committed in a first-class, railway carriage on the North London ltaihv.l3 The -\lttlm -was Mr Bnggs, of Robeils, Curti/,, and Co 's Bank The nmrderer escaped, but I'ian/, Mullcr, a German, i-, suspected lie left tor New York by a sailing a cssel. The delect i\ cs ha\ o been sent atter him 111 a mail steamci \. row ard of d 6300 is offered for the capture of tho minderer Statistics shovt that the petitions for dissolution of marriage increase in yearly number Dr Livingstone, the African traveller, armed in London m excellent hcallh. Tho ' Great Eastern,' slcainsliip, is at Shecrncsa, -waiting to ship tho Atlantic cable Tho international Swimming Match between Captain Saundcns, the English champion, and M llcrschcll, the Eronoh champion, has been -won by Saunders; the distance fi\ 0 miles. , time, three minutes under two hoius